Born: 1564, Clonmel, County Tipperary
Entered: 1584, Coimbra, Portugal - Lusitaniae Province (LUS)
Ordained: 1597, Coimbra, Portugal
Died: 17 April 1641, Clonmel, County Tipperary

Alias Shine

1587: At Coimbra Age 24 Soc 3.25. Studied Humanities
1593: At Angra College, Terceira, Azores teaching Grammar
1597: At Coimbra in 4th year Theology
1603: At Irish College, Lisbon?
1621: Catalogue Age 63 Soc 37 Prof 3 Vows. Talent and judgement good, not sufficiently circumspect. An enthusiastic Operarius
1622: In East Munster
1626: In Ireland. Good in all prudence middling

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronolgica”:
“Of great abilities; had seen a great deal “multa vidit”; came to Ireland c 1607. In Ireland 1617 (Irish Ecclesiastical Record August 1874). Names in a letter of Thomas Lawndry 04 November 1611 (published in Irish Ecclesiastical Record) as then helping Nicholas Lynach in West part of Southern Province. Oliver of Stonyhurst MSS, states that he reached Ireland with Fr Everard before the end of 1607.

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ:
He had already done studies in Humanities for five years at Lisbon before Ent 1584 Coimbra.
1586-1591 After First Vows he was sent for Philosophy to Coimbra.
1591-1593 He was sent for Regency to Angra in the Azores.
1593-1597 Sent again to Coimbra for Theology and was Ordained there 1597.
1597-1605 He was sent as Operarius to St Anthony’s Lisbon and Spiritual Director and Confessor at the Irish College.
1605-1609 He was sent as Operarius successively at Faro and Évora.
1609 Sent to Ireland and spent the rest of his life at Clonmel - not least because his travel was restricted due to poor eyesight. He died at Clonmel 17 April 1641.

◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
SHINE, THOMAS, reached Ireland from Spain with F. Everard before the end of 1607.

Born: 06 April 1632, County Waterford
Entered: 14 October 1655, Lisbon, Portugal - Lusitaniae Province (LUS)
Ordained: 1664, Évora, Portugal
Final Vows: 02 February 1676
Died: 21 December 1695, Residence of Faro, Faro, Portugal - Lusitaniae Province (LUS)

Alias Geraldine

1661 Had finished Philosophy
1665-1669 Minister of Irish College, Lisbon for 5 years
1678-81 At Angra College teaching Moral Theology

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
For many years Professor of Moral Theology in the Azores, and was dear to all for his amiability and virtue.
Returning to Ireland he was Chaplain in the Fleet which was sent against the French, and in which were many Irishmen.
After several escapes he was deported from Ireland, and in the College at Faro, looked after the interests of Irish people there (Franco “Annales”)

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
After First Vows he studied at Évora and was Ordained c 1664
1664-1676 Sent as Minister to Irish College Lisbon
1676-1685 Sent to S Miguel Azores to teach Moral Theology
1685 Sent to Ireland and to Waterford, though he did not reach there until 1687. Along with Anthony Knoles he became a teacher at the Corporation or Free School, which was set up after James II had created by a new charter the Corporation of that city.
1692 Exiled to Portugal after the Williamite Conquest and sent to the Faro Residence, where he ministered to Irish and English sailors and merchants at the port there, until his death there 21 December 1695

Born: 10 August 1710, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 18 November 1728, Lisbon, Portugal - Lusitaniae Province (LUS)
Ordained: 1743
Died: 1758, Dublin
Official Catalogus Defuncti MISSING

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 17/11/1728 and Old/15 (1)

◆ Old/16 has : “P Laurence Croak”; DOB 10/08/1710 Dublin; Ent 17/11/1728 Lisbon; Prof 4 Vows; RIP 1758 Dublin

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 10/08/1710 Dublin; Ent 17/11/1728 Lisbon; RIP 1758 Dublin

Taught Rhetoric and Theology in Ireland

1751 In Ireland
1752 At Lord Trimleston’s (a Barnewall home in Meath)
1755 At Dublin Residence

◆ Calendar of MacErlean Transcipts Addenda III Catalogi of Irish Mission 1700-1735 & 1735-1752 (Finegan)
1751 Fr Laurence Croak arrived on the Irish Mission
1751-1752 Dublin Residence

◆ MacErlean Cat Miss HIB SJ 1670-1770
1730 LUS Cat
Collegium Coimbra
“Laurentius Croak” (later called “Laurentius Patricio”)
Born 09/08/1710 Dublin
Entered 18/11/1728
Novice

1734 LUS Cat
Collegium Evora
“Laurentius Patricio”
Born 09/08/1710 Dublin
Entered 10/11/1728
For Irish Mission; Studying Philosophy Novice

1737 LUS Cat
Collegium Evora
“Laurentius Patricio” (vere Croak)
Born 09/08/1710 Dublin
Entered 18/11/1728
For Irish Mission; Studying Philosophy; Teaching Humanities 2

1740 LUS Cat
Collegium Coimbra
“Laurentius Patricio”
Born 09/08/1710 Dublin
Entered 10/11/1728
For Irish Mission; Studying Philosophy; Teaching Latin 2

1743 LUS Cat
Collegium Coimbra
“Laurentius Patricio”
Born 10/08/1710 Dublin
Entered 18/11/1728
For Irish Mission; Studying Philosophy, Theology; Taught Grammar, Rhetoric 6 years

1745 LUS Cat Brevis
Collegium Coimbra
“Laurentius Patricio”
Theology 4

1746 LUS Cat Brevis
Collegium Elvas
“Laurentius Patricio”
Teaching Latin

1747 LUS Cat Brevis
Collegium Elvas
“Laurentius Patricio”
Teaching Latin

1748 LUS Cat Brevis
Collegium Faro
“Laurentius Patricio”
Teaching Moral Theology and working in S Barbara chapel

1749 LUS Cat Brevis
Collegium Faro
“Laurentius Patricio”
Born 09/08/1710 Dublin
Entered 18/11/1728
Professed Four Vows
Teaching Grammar & Rhetoric 8, Moral Theology 1

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was born in Dublin, August 9, 1710, and entered the Society in Portugal, November 18, 1728.

After his Noviceship he studied Philosophy at Évora, and then for six years taught Latin in the Jesuit schools at Évora, Faro and Coimbra. He made his Theological studies at the University of Coimbra, 1741-1745, and was ordained priest in 1743.

At the end of his studies he was sent to teach Latin at Elvas, and later held a chair of Moral Theology at Faro for two years.

He was recalled to Ireland in 1751, and for the next few years was Chaplain to the household of Lord Trimleston.

In 1755 he was Operarius in Dublin, but no record of the date or place of his death has survived.

◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
CROAK, LAWRENCE, Father (Irish), was born in Dublin August 10, 1710; entered the Society, at Lisbon, November 17, 1728; and was in due time professed of the four vows. Returning to Ireland in 1751, he was for some time Chaplain to Lord Trimblestown, and subsequently assisted as a Parish Priest in Dublin. (Oliver, from Stonyhurst MSS.)